dish English · revision 6380

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 700|origins=grc δίσκος}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /dɪʃ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|ang|disc|t=plate, bowl, platter]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) an early West Germanic borrowing, like [[osx|disk|t=table]] and [[goh|tisc|t=dish, table]] (German Tisch, table), all [[bor|la|discus|t=dish, platter, quoit]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[grc|δίσκος|tr=dískos|t=disc, platter]] (see [[disc]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) It is related to [[desk]], [[dais]] and [[discus]].^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A broad shallow vessel for food: about 700 in Barnhart, before 700 in the OED.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A drinking vessel, or a beggar's bowl, is from 1381.^(OED 1989) The food served in a dish, a particular kind of food, is from the mid-15th century, 1526 in the OED.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) What suits one's taste is by 1918, and an attractive person, usually a woman, from the 1920s, at first in the US.^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021) A concave reflector or aerial is from 1948, and the satellite dish from the 1980s.^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021) The verb, to serve food in a dish, is from the late 14th century;^(Etymonline) ''dish it out'' is from 1934, ''dish the dirt'' from the early 20th century, and to disparage by the 1940s.^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 700 – a plate, bowl.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * late 14th century – the verb.^(Etymonline)

+ * mid-15th century – a kind of food.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1920s – an attractive person.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1948 – a dish aerial.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A shallow container for cooking or serving food.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A particular kind of prepared food: ''a fish dish''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''the dishes'': all the plates and utensils used for a meal.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A dish-shaped [[aerial]] or reflector.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(informal)'' A sexually attractive person.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To put food into a dish for serving, often with ''up''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''dish out'': to give out freely.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[deep-dish]]

+ * [[dishcloth]]

+ * [[dishclout]]

+ * [[dished]]

+ * [[dishpan]]

+ * [[dishrag]]

+ * [[dishtowel]]

+ * [[dishware]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[disc]]

+ * [[disk]]

+ * [[desk]]

+ * [[dais]]

+ * [[discus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}